media Man who bought Gawker for less money than a hat shutters company, keeps hat Thom Dunn

sycophants Trump's ghoul boasts of massive imaginary fan club during Fox News masculinity pageant Jason Weisberger

retrocomputing Atari ST Book laptop among the rarest treasures of the 16-bit era Rob Beschizza

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

police Irvine PD's $150k public relations blunder Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Shop Work smarter (and smaller) with this $95 Windows desktop Boing Boing's Shop

twitter Twitter users will no longer be able to hide their blue checks Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Shop This super tiny desktop will take you into the new age of tech Boing Boing's Shop

fun "This site will self-destruct" finally self-destructs after no-one signs guestbook for 24 hours Rob Beschizza

ireland A brief homage to the Wild Cat of Kilkenny, Shane MacGowan Natalie Dressed

mistakes Gawker.com sold to Singapore media company that owns NME Rob Beschizza

mistakes Classic shock image Goatse still good for deterring hotlinking content thieves Rob Beschizza

animals Cindy Crawford is a 97-pound street dog who is getting the medical care, love, and attention she needs to get healthy Jennifer Sandlin

gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

skateboarding Tony Hawk on skater Nick Mullins: "Unrelated: he's blind" Jennifer Sandlin

synthesizers Listen to this weird instrumental Moog cover of "Hey Jude" from 1969 Thom Dunn

california Wisconsinite learns California's quirks in funny culture-clash sketch Rusty Blazenhoff

bad foundations A Utah house collapses and slides off cliff as astonished owners watch (video) Carla Sinclair

Science Fiona Parkinson creates art from butterfly wings Popkin